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USURPATION

Assumption of pacemaker function of the heart by a subsidiary focus as a result of its own heighten automaticity; e.g., accelerated junctional pacemaker takes command when it exceeds the sinus rate. Origin: L. Usurpo, pp. -atus, to seise
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